Courses Taught: Game Audio, MIDI 1, MIDI 2
Education: BAS in Sound Arts from Expression College for Digital Arts

Chris is a diverse artist. He started his discovery of recording mediums, music study, and sound experimentation early in his childhood. Today, Chris is a multi-instrumentalist and electronic musician whose work ranges from Experimental to IDM to Jazz to Pop, with a growing focus on Algorithmic Composition.

For years, Chris has worked closely with multi-Grammy & multi-Platinum Producer & Artist Narada Michael Walden as a Songwriter, Producer, Programmer, and Engineer at Tarpan Studios. Chris is a sought after Producer and Arranger and has done work for a wide variety of artists including Sting, Elton John, James Taylor, Billy Joel, Smokey Robinson, and legendary Dub Producer Scientist, to name a few. His work has been used to develop artists in the US, UK, and Japan. While living in Santa Fe, New Mexico, Chris hosted a prime-time radio show on KSFR. In 2000, Chris opened the doors of his studio, c2R, in Berkeley, California.

Chris is credited on countless records and continues to work on a variety of projects, including film, toys, and video games. He can be found performing laptop sets as well as performing with different projects in the Bay Area and around the country. He is an Apple Certified Trainer, and also a professional member of the Game Audio Network Guild.

“A man for all seasons...from Ahmad Jamal to the hippest in contemporary music, Chris knows how it’s done...a whiz with the computer and the drums. Chris has the genius touch.”

— Narada Michael Walden